IZEA Launches Sponsored Tweets!

Izea inc is counting down to the launch of their Twitter based advertising platform dubbed "SponsoredTweets".This will enable twitter users make money from their twitter accounts by posting specific advertisements.

Izea Inc is behind the blog advertising platforms, Payperpost(join) and Social Sparks(join) which allows bloggers to make money on paid sponsored posts. The new development is already attracting new users with over 1000, guys following the new site on Twitter. Izea will be giving 1000 dollars to the 10,000 follower on twitter to sign up and follow Sponsoredtweets. To follow the new site on Twitter just click on @Spontwts. From the Sponsored Tweets interface one can get to follow featured celebrity personalities at just a click .Users can also get to fix and determine the price of each advert they will post to twitter. Indeed social media advertising is taking a new turn with twitter in the market!

To Join SPONSORED TWEETS please go to sponsored tweets.com

Africa Breaking/Latest News Resources!

To find out the latest reported breaking news stories as they occur in Africa i will recommend the following authoritative News websites and blogs.

1. Africa guide News feed
2. Africa News Search: What i like about this site is that you do not only get the latest News Headlines but a brief summary of what is happening in the Continent on regional basis .
3. AllAfrica.Com this is my favorite as it aggregates all the major newspapers and authoritative blogs n the continent. The site is constantly updated with the latest breaking news in Africa
4. BBC News Africa
5. GlobalPost Africa

I will list more resources as getting credible information in this world wide web jungle can be a great hastle !Sponsored Conversations

Seacom Under Sea Fibre Optic Cable Launch

Africa is now connected to the World fibre optically thanks to the Seacom Under Sea Fibre Optic Cable launch that took place on 23rd July, 2009 at Neotel’s South Africa's new head office and data centre facility in Midrand, Johannesburg. The fibre optic cable will transmit data at 1.28 Tera bytes per second(Tbps) and is over 15,000 km long connecting Africa with Europe and India via the East African Coast.Undoubtedly Africa will soon experience internet connectivity in a way never experienced before!

I was pleasantly surprised to read the Seacom blog and to see the launch photos at the Seacom Facebook fan page and to add on it all Seacom has a twitter account .That just goes to illustrate how serious Africa is in its quest to narrow the digital divide and harness the power of the internet. However while the infrastructure is now available issues of cost ,accessibility, public awareness and education need to be looked at by all the partner states so that the connectivity is not in vain!

I am pretty excited at the opportunities this creates, congrats to Africa for this giant leap!